19:335n; smoky, gwindel habit 21:(487) Itabira (rutilated) 20:(394) Joanina mine (grey, violet termination) 8:387 Pedra Preta mine (Japan twins to 12 cm) 7:129–130p Quartzo Róseo, near Ribeirão do Largo (rose quartz) 8:385 Serra Negra, Baixo (scepters to 15 cm) 22:387n Undisclosed locality (with amethyst core) 19:335n Espirito Santo

Quartz var. smoky Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland 4.1 x 4.6 cm. A smoky quartz with nice transparency and a gwindel habit. Viewed: 41759 Time(s) 1662 Rutile.jpg: Description: Rutile Kaputdzhukh Mt., Paragachai, Zangezur Range, Armenia 6.3 x 9.0 cm. These specimens came out in the early 1990s and are very scarce nowadays ...

ML00373 - Quartz var. Amethyst Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia small cabinet - 7.7 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm $ 220.00. While these crystals are dominantly amethyst, they have slightly smoky zonations on some of the crystals. The crystals show double termination habits in addition to scepter formation. (click on an image to enlarge)

Quartz var. Smoky Gwindel-habit Locality: Winterstock, Kanton Uri, Switzerland: Description: Classic Gwindel-habit (doubly-terminated quartz crystals in a stacked arrangement that has a pronounced twist) smoky quartz with lustrous crystal faces and is internally transparent. Remnants of silicone glue from an old base are on the bottom edge. Ex ...

A Fine Smoky Quartz var GwindelSwiss Alps, SwitzerlandOverall size 14.5 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm. A high quality example of this sought-after quartz growth variation from the classic Swiss source, the quartz plate of light smoky coloration with a sharply defined gwindel to one side, highly transparent throughout. With custom lucite base.While Silicon Oxide (SiO2) or quartz …

A sparkling, extremely lustrous smoky quartz showing a dramatic twisting effect ("gwindel"). The color here is just incredible - not the typical "smoky" you usually see, but a richer and more saturated color that is dark and yet beautiful. The piece is totally transparent, with an inner sparkle and brilliance to the quartz you do not always get.

85mm x 55mm x 50mm. Swiss smokey Quartz sets the standard for luster, clarity, and quality. Add to this quality a single Quartz crystal pointing up to a twisted Gwindel. When you combine both a high quality single and gwindel Quartz, the rarity factor goes up exponetially. I love mineral specimens such as this that are both unique and beautiful.

Smokey Quartz. Stones And Crystals. Size 2. Earth. Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2015. Sugar habit Also worth mentioning is that individuals can be more or less fine, as shown in the profile of the various apexes. At the limit, can be achieved even continuity, apexes blending then one curved edge, since there rotation of the construction ...

Outstanding Smoky Quartz Gwindel. Schafberg/Tiefen Glacier Area, Switzerland. crystallized no damage. 3.5 inch, 198.7 grams. Stands https://etsy.me/3j5sWpI

SMOKY QUARTZ GWINDEL HABIT $ 200.00. 1 in stock. Add to cart. SKU: F150j Categories: 1 All Specimens, 2 Recently Added, 4 Overseas Minerals, 7 Minerals $100 - $249, Alpine Quartz, Quartz, Smoky Quartz. Description Reviews (0) Description. A nice Gwindel Habit smokey quartz…

4. Wonderful, GEMMY, classic "Gwindel" SMOKY QUARTZ from Switzerland 5. Beautiful "Trapiche" habit pink SAPPHIRE crystal from Myanmar 6. Classic bi-colored PYROMORPHITE specimen from Idaho (1981 find) 7. Rarities include: RAMMELSBERGITE, LEGRANDITE, MISERITE, CARNOTITE and WUPATKIITE 8.

Large smoky gwindel quartz in quartz cluster from Uri, Switzerland ProlificGem 5 out of 5 stars (213) $ 494.95 ... Faden Quartz Crystal with Chlorite Inclusions and slight Gwindel Habit PopularDesignWorks 5 out of 5 stars (41) $ 250.00 FREE shipping Add to Favorites Gwindel Quartz with Black Tourmaline from Skardu Pakistan 290 CT, 46 x 29 x 38 ...

A normal habit smoky quartz as it is commonly found in the southern Aar Massive of central Switzerland. The crystal has a macromosaic structure (resulting in the typical superficial sutures on the crystal faces) that is seen in almost all quartz crystals from the Aar and Gotthardt Massives. ... Quartz (Var: Quartz Gwindel) Göscheneralp ...

Smoky Quartz Gwindel, Strem Valley, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun, Switzerland, thumbnail, 2.3 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm, In the pantheon of Quartz crystals, a closed, Smoky Quartz Gwindel from Switzerland is certainly among the rarest, and most coveted, of Quartz specimens., For sale from The Arkenstone, For more details on this piece and others, visit https:// ...

This specimen is a really cool, sharp, well-formed, translucent smoky quartz crystal with a very interesting pale smoky to colorless overgrowth of a second generation of quartz creating a slight "fenster" or "window" habit, which is rarely seen from this area. No major damage anywhere. "

Quartz var. Gwindel. $8,000.00 €6,816 £5,860.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate. ID: CC21440. This is one of those specimens for which you cannot really avoid shouting "Wow!". It's a quite amazing large cabinet specimen of Quartz forming a superb Gwindel habit and whose surface is coated ...

Quartz var. smoky Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland 4.1 x 4.6 cm. A smoky quartz with nice transparency and a gwindel habit. Viewed: 41655 Time(s) 1662 Rutile.jpg: Description: Rutile Kaputdzhukh Mt., Paragachai, Zangezur Range, Armenia 6.3 x 9.0 cm. These specimens came out in the early 1990s and are very scarce nowadays ...

Quartz (Gwindel habit) Cabinet, 10.0 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland SOLD. ... Quartz var. Citrine with Smoky Quartz. QTZ15 Quartz var Tessin habit. OB17A-108 Quartz on Quartz, with Chalcopyrite. TUC14B-1311 Quartz Included With Hedenbergite. UNIVAZ-30

This intergrown group of beautiful, deep clove-brown Smoky Quartz is of the Gwindel habit in which the largest crystal appears to have grown sideways with multiple terminations across a slanting surface.  A 3.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm regular hexagonal Quartz crystal is attached at one side, close to the

Quartz var. smoky Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland 4.1 x 4.6 cm. A smoky quartz with nice transparency and a gwindel habit. Viewed: 41591 Time(s) 1662 Rutile.jpg: Description: Rutile Kaputdzhukh Mt., Paragachai, Zangezur Range, Armenia 6.3 x 9.0 cm. These specimens came out in the early 1990s and are very scarce nowadays ...

Quartz var. Gwindel-habit Locality: Blauberg, Göscheneralp, Uri, Switzerland: Description: Internally flawless, transparent, smoky quartz crystals with glassy crystal faces in the classic Gwindel habit of stacked doubly-terminated crystals that twist in orientation on a central vertical axis.

This piece is a wonderful old time / historic specimen of excellent quality Smoky Quartz in the classic "Gwindel" (German word for "twist") habit from the Swiss Alps. Val Giuv (formerly Val Giuf) is one of the most well-known Swiss locales for fine Quartz specimens, and this piece is a great example of this famous material as it is incredibly ...

Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) Giuv Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland ... There is no type of mineral specimen which more clearly says "Alpine classic" than the beautiful twisted-stack habit of quartz known as gwindel quartz. ... An excellent, very glassy, water-clear, twisted, smoky quartz gwindel from the Val Giuv of ...

Smoky Quartz (Really Twisted Gwindel) Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 6.3 x 2.3 cm Goschenen Valley, Canton Uri, Switzerland ... this is a stellar examplar of this classic habit and locality for the size and price range. I frankly would have bought it even at this price to sell for more, if I had to. ... Quartz var. Amethyst and Smoky. SM20-289 Quartz and ...

Quartz var.Smoky Gwindel - Dodo Mine, Pre-polar Ural Mtns., Western-Siberian Region, Russia Size: 18 x 13 cm

The quality of this smoky quartz gwindel is absolutely top notch with a perfectly limpid body, brilliant luster and a distinctly developed gwindel habit - the twist is a good 20°. Warm brown color intensively radiates when provided with some showcase ligth.

Quartz var. Smoky (Gwindel) Ex. Britt Coll. Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Grisons, Switzerland Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm Start Time: 08/23/2020 6:00:00 pm (CDT) End Time: 08/27/2020 6:30:00 pm (CDT) Auction Closed Winning Bidder: Private Bidder

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twin) on Microcline from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twin) with Microcline inclusions from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

MD-230553. Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm. St Gotthard pass area, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland. SOLD. A fine, twisted, smoky quartz gwindel with outstanding smoky color and gemminess from Switzerland. The crystal is nearly complete-all-around, has classic gwindel morphology ...

EFG99AN6: Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), one of them clearly dominant and centered on the matrix, partially doubly terminated, with parallel growths and very marked gwindel twist, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, with a very vivid and deep smoky color, associated with small crystals of Albite.

Gwindel quartz is very rare. Even at locations known for gwindel quartzes, they are extremely uncommon. There has only been one exception- the Scheuchzerhorn alpine-type smoky quartz locality in the Grimsel area of Switzerland. In 1997, a large cleft was opened where over 50% of …

Ghis is a very fine Gwindel resting on a granite matrix. The colour is just a slight smoky hue, but still it is clearly visible and very pleasing. regular smoky crystals are attached on bith sides. there is one small spot of damage, which is located on the lowest left side of the gwindel, where it touches the smoky quartz …

Smoky quartz of transitional habit on microcline from Mount Malosa, ... Val Giuv, about 20 km east of the Gotthardt tunnel, is a classical location for smoky quartz and gwindel of exceptional clarity and color. The valley has one of the highest densities of alpine-type fissures in the world. ... var. amazonite, from Conway, New Hampshire.

Quartz var. smoky Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland 4.1 x 4.6 cm. A smoky quartz with nice transparency and a gwindel habit. Viewed: 41611 Time(s) 1662 Rutile.jpg: Description: Rutile Kaputdzhukh Mt., Paragachai, Zangezur Range, Armenia 6.3 x 9.0 cm. These specimens came out in the early 1990s and are very scarce nowadays ...

Quartz var Gwindel. $8,500.00 €7,260 £6,180.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate. ID: CC18736. A classic specimen of Alpine Cleft Quartz Gwindel from Fedenstock, Switzerland and displaying great form. The crystals of gemmy slightly smoky Quartz show the stacked tabular double terminated habit to ...

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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz Gwindel Locality: Col de Talefre, near Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France: Description: Lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals, exhibiting the rare Gwindel Habit formation that resemble twisted stacked crystals, with many rare faces on the crystal corners. The quartz crystals are light-smoky color and internally flawless.

Quartz Group mit Gwindel, 83 x 68 x 34 mm, 146 g, Rhonegletscher, VS CHF 200.00 Add to cart; Quartz Gwindel, 54 x 45 x 25 mm, 66 g, Oberaar, Grimsel, BE CHF 48.00 Add to cart; Smoky Quartz Gwindel with Single Point attached, 60 x 35 x 40 mm, 52 g, Galenstock, Furka, VS CHF 40.00 Add to cart; Smoky Quartz Gwindel, 60 x 23 x 45 mm, 67 g, Tour ...

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If we wanted to be technical about it, the term 'gwindel' is an adjective (ie a habit) so any variety name needs to be 'quartz gwindel' I know this would mean in many cases you get Quartz (var: quartz gwindel) but it also stops the name just appearing as 'gwindel' in …